Erebus gemmans (Guenée, 1852) -

Taxonomic Information

Erebus Latreille, 1810 species known from India.
Erebus acuta (Fawcett, 1917)
Erebus albicincta Kollar, [1844]. India: NW Himalaya, Sikkim, Meghalaya; Nepal.
Erebus caprimulgus (Fabricus, 1775 ). Indian subcontinent.
Erebus ephesperis (Hübner, [1823]). Indian subcontinent.
Erebus gemmans (Guenée, 1852). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland; Nepal; Bhutan; Myanmar.
Erebus glaucopis (Walker, 1858). India: NW Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jharkhand ; Nepal; Bangladesh.
Erebus hieroglyphica (Drury, 1773). Indian subcontinent.
Erebus jaintiana (Swinhoe, 1896). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
Erebus macrops (Linnaeus, 1768). Indian subcontinent.
Erebus strigipennis (Moore, 1883)
Erebus superba (Swinhoe, 1908)

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh15
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total11161
  1. Nyctipao gemmans Guenée, 1852. Hist. Nat. Insectes, Spec. gén. Lépid. 7: 182.
  2. Holloway, J. D. 2005. The Moths of Borneo. Part 15/16. Noctuidae, Catocalini. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/erebini/erebini_1_4.php [accessed 01 Sep 2016]
  3. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae, pl 1-4, pg 103
  4. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=455725 [accessed 01 Sep 2016]

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Erebus gemmans (Guenée, 1852) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/erebus-gemmans, accessed 2025/11/03.